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Berdache vs Acault - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between berdache and acault

is that berdache is among Native Americans, a person who identifies with any of a variety of gender identities which are not exclusively those of their biological sex; a transgender person while acault is a male who exhibits transgender behavior. This cultural identification is associated with animistic beliefs.

berdache

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (anthropology) Among Native Americans, a person who identifies with any of a variety of gender identities which are not exclusively those of their biological sex; a transgender person.
  • * 2005 , Michael J Horswell, Decolonizing the Sodomite , University of Texas 2006, page 20:
    • Male berdache have been documented in nearly 150 North American societies, while female berdache (females who take on the lifeways of males) appear in half as many groups.

    Usage notes

    Considered offensive by many Native American communities because of its pejorative and non-American etymology, berdache'' began to fall out of use in the 1990s; ''two-spirit'' and various tribe-specific terms (''wergern , etc) are now used instead.

    Derived terms

    * berdachism

    See also

    * transgender * two-spirit * hermaphrodite

    Anagrams

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    acault

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A male who exhibits transgender behavior. This cultural identification is associated with animistic beliefs.

    • Usage notes

    This word is a mistranslation of the Burmese term . In Burma, these spirit mediums may be female ''or male, and may or may not be transgendered (cross-dressing), although they do wear costumes during ceremonial rituals when channeling spirits called "nats" in Burma. Homosexuality is not necessarily implied with spirit mediumship.

    See also

    * berdache and the controversy/discussion about using "berdache" vs. "two spirit" in "Various Kinds of Two-Spirit People: Gender Variance and Homosexuality in Native American communities" by Sabine Lang in Two Spirit People: Native Amreican Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality. Eds. Sue-Ellen Jacobs, Wesley Thomas, and Sabine Lang. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997: 100-118 * Thai * Burmese .

    References

    * Coleman E, Colgan P, Gooren L. Male cross-gender behavior in Myanmar (Burma): a description of the acault. Archives of Sexual Behavior 1992 Jun;21(3):313-21. * Brac de la Perrière, Bénédicte. “The Taungbyon Festival: Locality and Nation-Confronting in the Cult of the 37 Lords." Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century. Ed. Monique Skidmore. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2005: 65-89 * “Young Activists Reflect on Identity, Community, and Diversity Among Asia’s MSM: THE TREAT ASIA REPORT INTERVIEW” TREAT Asia Report Feb 2007. TREAT Asia. amfAR. Accessed 1 July 2009. http://www.amfar.org/world/treatasia/article.aspx?id=5726

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